Artist, illustrator and teacher, born in Formby, Lancashire, of Sicilian ancestry. She worked as Beatrice Claudia Guercio, her maiden name; Claudia Freedman; or just C.F. Was married to the Artist Barnett Freedman. She studied at Liverpool School of Art under Frederick Carter, then at the Royal College of Art with Malcom Osborne. Exhibited at RA and Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.  In additon she did a wide variety of graphic work, designing an alphabet for the Baynard Press; producing designs for advertising; as well as drawings for the General Post Office, Fortnum and Mason, Medici Society and Curwen Press. Among books illustrated were her own My Toy Cupboard; The Little Book of Parables, 1944, perhaps her most important work in this field, for which her husband did the page lay-outs; and Eleanor Graham’s editing of the Puffin Book of verse, 1953. Victoria and Albert Museum holds her work. Lived in London for many years, but died in Sussex.